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SIM Ep 435 IMD20#2 Mat Fraser is telling Crip Tales

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In the second of our International Men's Day interviews, Hannah chats to actor, writer, musician and activist Mat Fraser about Crip Tales, an excellent new series he created for the BBC, which is written, performed and made entirely by disabled people. They also chat about why that community doesn't get the public support other minority communities do, why acting might be one of the areas in which disabled women are better represented than men, and about America's new drug laws. Tuck in! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.

0:11.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Standard Issue for all women.

0:35.0

Hi Hannah here and welcome to this week's Sunday Chops.

0:40.0

The second of our special series of interviews that we're running in November

0:44.4

as part of our International Men's Day output and in it I chat to actor, writer, all-round good bloke, Matt Fraser,

0:56.0

about a new series he's curated for the BBC,

1:00.0

Cryptales, which is a series written, acted by and made by entirely disabled cast and crew.

1:09.0

It is absolutely cracking. Matt does give a plug for it at the end. I'm going to give another plug for it here.

1:14.3

Cryptels is on the eye player and is available to watch until the end of the year and you

1:19.2

should certainly check it out. That interview is coming up now but just as a plug for what you'll be able to hear in the future.

1:25.6

Jen's been to the room next door to meet Michael Spicer and Mickey has been on the phone to Richard Herring to talk about his new book The Problem with

1:34.5

Men, When is International Men's Day and Why It Matters. Plus she's chatting to

1:39.6

the Good Lad Initiative which is a gender equality charity, working to tackle the root causes of inequality

1:46.1

and promote positive masculinity.

1:48.7

Plus, if you haven't listened to it already, our first International Men's Day podcast is available. It was last week's jobs and I spoke to the absolutely

1:56.5

smashing Andrew Cotta who you will probably know best as the owner of Oliver and Mabel internet sensations. Enjoy this

2:06.3

interview coming up. Until next time.

2:10.3

Hi I am joined on Zoom by actor, writer, musician, man of many talents.

2:16.8

Matt Fraser, thank you for joining us Matt.

2:19.2

Thank you for having me Hannah. It's a real honour and a thrill to be on standard issue.

2:23.6

Great. Now here we are. First Air Lockdown.

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